Toilet-paper package and cabinet.



PATENTED OCT. 3l, 1905.

J. T. HOTT. y TOILET PAPER PACKAGE AND CABINET.

vAPPLICA'NON FILED NOV. 30, 1904.

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INVENTOR www? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TOILET-PAPER PACKAGE AND CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1905.

Application flied November 30, 1904. Serial No. 234,924.

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Be it known that I, JAMES T. HoYT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county and State of New York, have in'- vented new and useful Improvements in Toilet-Paper Packages and Cabinets, of which the following is a specificatio By means of this invention sheets or leaves or a package of toilet-paper can be readily supplied, inserted into, and delivered from a cabinet.

This invention resides in the novel features set forth in thel following specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a package and cabinet embodying this invention and shown in section. Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. l,

sectioned along m, Fig. 1. spective View of a package. modified form of a package. further modification. modification.

In the drawings is shown a package comprising leaves c of toilet-paper. A back for the leaves is shown at Z). This back can be any suitable piece of material-for example, cardboard or a strip or piece of metal, wood, or any suitably stout or rigid substance. An elastic or springy band is shown at c and is made to actas a feeder, as presently explained.

Fig. 3 is a per- Fig. 4 shows a Fig. 5 shows a Fig. 6 also shows a Then the package is inserted into a cabinet Z and the elastic or spring cis connected to suitable attaching-points, so as to exert a feeding strain on the leaves or draw them forward or to an ejector e, said leaves can be expelled successively or one by one.

In Fig. 1 in dotted lines is shown a sheet which has been projected or started out or from the package and through a suitable outlet or exit. Such projecting part or fold of a sheet being grasped, the same can be drawn out or used, and so on with the rest of the package. The attaching-points in Fig. 1 are shown atfand g. The pointsfare shown on the cabinet, and the point g is shown on a wrapper tpabout the leaves or sheets. This wrapper is shown with an exit or mouth at its front corresponding or registering with exit 7c of the cabinet. A sheet expelled through these exits can loe taken off or delivered for use.

The wrapper or carton 7a is closed or sealed, so as tol suitably retain the leaves, and such a package can be kept in stock or delivered for use in a cabinet. The package is placed in a cabinet and the elastic or spring band is drawn or stretched through exit c' or an opening in the wrapper and hitched or engaged to the points f and g. The spring is now under tension to exert a feeding strain on the leaves. In other words, the leaves are drawn forward or the leading sheet is pressed or held to the roller or the ejector e. On suitably rotating or actuating such ejector sheets are successively expelled or taken off the pack or pile of leaves. As the back b is free to move in the wrapper, the elastic or feeder keeps moving the rear sheet forward or to the ejector as the leading leaves are consumed.

In place of being' an elastic or rubber band entirely about the leaves the part c might be a string or wire and an elastic or spring portion or band suitably connected to or forming a part thereof and put under tension as described.

The ejector is made to extend into the wrapper or to the leaves to secure the proper grip or friction. The well-known friction-roller with knob can be used, and a pawl or appliance for insuring rotation in one direction can be employed. Such features are Well known and need noextended description.

The cabinet is shown with a cover m, which can be removed for insertion of paper. The back of the cabinet havinga suitable offset or recessed margin, such cabinet can be afHxed with its back to the wall and the cover still slipped on and off as required. A catch or suitable hook can be used to prevent unauthorized removal of the cover.

A staple or fastening can be applied at a suitable point, as 0, to prevent the band or elastic slipping or getting out of place on the back or pack.

The device can of course be modified, as the invention is not confined to the construction described. In Fig. 4, for example, the attaching-point g is not shown on a wrapper, but formed as an arm or carried by an arm extended from the back or through the leaves.

The arm g when the package is not in the cabinet helps to hold the leaves together, and when the package is in the cabinet the arm acts as a holder or stop to prevent more than one sheet being' taken olip at once by the ejector. The ejector gets a sufiicient-hold or frictional contact to take or rip the leading sheet off the arm; but the succeeding sheet or sheets of the package remain in place until the ejec- IOC vI O

tor can properly engage each succeeding sheet in turn. Also when the package is nearly exhausted or so thin that it will liex or not stand upright by its own rigidity when resting on the bottom of the cabinet said arm will hold the few remaining sheets in pendent or upright position to sit square against the ejector to be forced out of the cabinet as required. Furthermore, when the packag'e is full the arm prevents the entire weight of the package from resting on the bottom, so that the friction of feeding the package toward the ejector is diminished.

In the wrapper the leaves are shown as loose or unattached to one another except that the band is shown about the leaves.

In the case of the arm or attaching-point g the wrapper is not shown, and the arm extended through the leaves would hold them together. The ejector, however, in its operation removes the sheets in succession from a cabinet into which the leaves are placed.

In Fig. 5 the attaching-point g2 is secured to the cabinet or to a cross-arm fixed in the cabinet.

In Fig. 6 the band or elastic c does not entirely encircle the leaves, but is secured to the back, so as to move the same with the leaves for ejection or feeding.

The attaching-points f are shown beyond the ends of the ejector, that is spread apart or spaced so as to leave clear outlet for the leaves. rllhese points f might be connected to or looped about the shaft of the ejector-roller or the band led about the shaft outside the ends of the roller on suitable pulleys; but in a de- Vice. made as shown in the drawings, with the parts f secured to the cabinet or to a wall thereof, the operation was found satisfactory.

When in the structure of Fig. l the sheets are exhausted, the cabinet is opened, the wrapper or empty shell /t is thrown away, and a new one inserted. Such new package having its band properly connected and the cover closed and locked, the device is again ready for supplying and secure against tampering.

The cabinet can, if desired, be made of open-work or provided with sight-openings and with a lid or hinged door instead of a sliding cover. Such cabinet can be made of any suitable material or combination of materials.

. The outlet 17 in the lower front of the wrapper registers with the ejector, which latter is in the lower part of the cabinet, and said ejector so located does not interfere with ready insertion of a package if the cabinet is provided with a lid hinged to the upper part of the cabinet. Such location of the outlets has also been found to allow a satisfactory feed or ejection of the sheets. The attaching-points f at the lower part of the cabinet also allow the elastic c to be conveniently stretched to a considerable extent for effective feed.

The lock for the lid can be applied at any suitable point-as, for example, at the top or a side.

The roller or its shaft can be mounted in any suitable seat or bearing in the cabinet and made removable, if desired, so as to be readily replaced by a new roller when worn out.

Any suitable slot in the cabinet-wall at the handle end of the roller allows the latter to be lifted out of place when the cover is removed, but is held in place by such cover when on the cabinet.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A package comprising a wrapper with an attaching-point and leaves and a band about the leaves, combined with a cabinet having an ejector made to extend into the wrapper or to the leaves and provided with means for holding the band under tension to feed the leaves.

2. A package comprising leaves with a band and a cabinet having an ejector for the leaves extending' across the front or a face of the cabinet and attaching-points for engaging the band and putting the same under tension while the package is in the cabinet for feeding the leaves to the ejector, said cabinet having an outlet extending across a face of the cabinet above the lower end of the same.

3. Atoilet-paper-package cabinethavingan outlet with an ejector-roller and attachingpoints near the ejector and at each end of the same and a package having a feeding-band adapted to be connected to said attachingpoints for feeding the package to the ejectorroller.

4C. A toilet-paper-package cabinet having an outlet in its face or front above the bottom with an ejector and attaching-points near the ejector and at each end of the same, and a package having a feeding-band adapted to be connected to said attaching-points for feeding the package to the ejector.

5. A package of` toilet-paper comprising a wrapper with an outlet in the lower front part thereof, leaves in the wrapper, a band about the leaves, and a cabinet having an ejector to register with the outlet and having attachingpoints for the band.

6. A cabinet, a package with an arm extended through the package, and adapted to hold the package of leaves upright and to prevent prcmature or excessive delivery of the leaves a feeder' for the package, and an ejector, said cabinet having an outlet in the front above the bottom, and said ejector being made to successively fold and discharge the sheets in folded condition through the front part of the cabinet.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES T. HOYT. Witnesses:

W. C. HAUFF, EDWARD WIEsNER.

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